Cedric Benson

Former Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo often said he wasn't going to compromise character in the process of building a football team.

But on Thursday he made a startling charge that NFL teams failed to take action against players in "hundreds and hundreds" of domestic violence cases during his three decades in the league.

"I made a mistake," Angelo told USA Today. "I was human. I was part of it. I'm not proud of it."

The issue of domestic violence has rocked the league since TMZ released a video on Sept. 8 of former Ravens running back Ray Rice apparently punching his fiancee, now wife, Janay in an Atlantic City, N.J., casino...

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